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Donald Trump is beefing with Jimmy Kimmel again because, of course, late-night TV should be our president's #1 priority.
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On Nov. 20, Kimmel addressed Trump's latest attack during his Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue. "My wife comes out of the bathroom. She's got her phone. She goes, 'Trump tweeted, you should be fired again," he said. "I was like, 'Oh.' Then I went downstairs and made bagels for the kids."
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In the middle of the night, Trump posted on Truth Social, calling for Kimmel to be fired. "Why does ABC Fake News keep Jimmy Kimmel, a man with NO TALENT and VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS, on the air? Why do the TV Syndicates put up with it? Also, totally biased coverage. Get the bum off the air!!!" he wrote.
"I'm the bum?" Kimmel asked the audience. "He posted this at 12:49 a.m. — 11 minutes after the show ended on the East Coast. Which is nice. He watches us live. Hi, Mr. President! How are ya? Thanks for watching us on TV instead of on YouTube. We appreciate that. It's viewers like you who keep us on the air, ironically."
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"It's also sweet that in the middle of the biggest sex scandal in the history of the American presidency, he takes precious time on the toilet to post about our show," he said.
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"He keeps saying we have bad ratings and you should listen to him because if anyone knows about bad ratings, it's that guy," Kimmel continued, followed by a mash-up of news segments calling out the president's low approval rating.
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"I have honestly lost count of how many times the president has demanded I be pulled off the air," Kimmel continued. "Talk about a snowflake, this guy. Every five weeks, he flips out and wants me fired."
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"If you got this many threats from a neighbor, you'd have no problem getting a restraining order. The judge would be like, 'Yeah, sounds like the guy's nuts,'" he joked. "It's disturbing."
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"You've done this before. You tried to get me fired in September, it didn't work, Mr. President," Kimmel said, throwing in a surprising proposal. "How about this: I'll go when you go, okay? We'll be a team. Let's ride off into the sunset together like Butch Cassidy and the Suntan Kid."
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Kimmel ended his message to Trump with a brutal callback to the president's latest viral facepalm moment: "Until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you: quiet, piggy."
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Trump's resurgence of hate toward Kimmel Live! most likely comes after the late-night host mocked the president's series of meltdowns regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files. Trump recently signed legislation on Nov. 19 ordering the Justice Department to release documents on Epstein, although he reportedly attempted to kill the bill. Just last week, when a reporter asked about the files on Air Force One, he told them, "Quiet, piggy."
Kimmel's monologue had people singing his praises for not holding back against the president.
"I love how aggressive Jimmy is becoming. So good," one user wrote. Another said, "Jimmy saying 'Quiet piggy' was the icing on the cake."
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"So, by Caroline Leavitt's logic, when Jimmy calls Trump names he's just being frank and honest. Trump should appreciate his frankness," another person said, referring to the press secretary's defense of Trump's remark.
This person said, "It's embarrassing that comedians show more spine than the so called leaders of the country. Very sad." Another person said, "Disgusted and embarrassed for the people of America to witness such behaviour in the Oval Office."
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Finally, this person wrote, "The fact that Jimmy gets under Trump's skin is the only thing that keeps me going. You are the voice of America Jimmy!!"
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